SICK, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of sensors, safety systems, machine vision, encoders and automatic identification solutions for factory, logistics, and process automation, today announced the launch of the Profiler™ 2 short range distance sensor for measuring profiles and surfaces of complex objects with one laser line.
A grid of sensors embedded into an innovative building insulation activates specific façade components to optimise energy savings while improving aesthetics
Camgian Microsystems announced today the signing of a new contract with the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (USACE). Leveraging its award winning Internet of Things (IoT) product Egburt, Camgian will design and build a novel platform for implementing secure, scalable smart infrastructure solutions across a broad range of remote assets that the USACE maintains such as locks, bridges, dams and levees. This includes providing critical operational and structural intelligence that supports improved system performance and maintenance.
PMC-Sierra, Inc. (PMC®), the semiconductor and software solutions innovator transforming networks that connect, move and store big data, today announced it was named a gold award winner in the ChannelPro-SMB 2015 Readers’ Choice Awards for Best SAS/SATA RAID Controller.
One of the sensors that will fly aboard NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S was recently given a clean bill of health from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The sensor, known as EHIS, was successfully tested using the hospital's proton accelerator and deemed to be in good working order.
Patients suffering from chronic cardiopulmonary diseases could soon have a solution to help them accurately monitor their health and warn doctors at the first sign of trouble.
Harris Corporation has been awarded a $15 million follow-on contract to manufacture, test and deliver acoustic sensors for the Light Weight Wide Aperture Array (LWWAA) system, installed on the U.S. Navy’s 10 Virginia-class submarines.
Silicon Labs, a leading provider of microcontroller, wireless connectivity, analog and sensor solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced that its Si1132 and Si114x ultraviolet (UV) index sensor family has been named a winner in the EE Times and EDN 2015 UBM Canon ACE Awards in the “Sensors” category. The ACE Awards program honors the people and companies behind the technologies and products that are changing the world of electronics.
Sonavation, a leader in ultrasound biometric technology for identification and authentication, recently reported success in creating an ultrasound biometric sensor that is compatible with Gorilla Glass®.
By Beth Ellison
22 Jul 2015
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. is broadening its optoelectronics portfolio with the introduction of two new SurfLight™ high-speed infrared (IR) emitting diodes in compact 3.2 mm by 1.6 mm by 1.1 mm surface-mount, top-view packages. Based on Vishay’s GaAIAs surface emitter chip technology, the Vishay Semiconductors 850 nm VSMY12850 and 940 nm VSMY12940 combine high radiant intensity and optical power with fast switching times.
Kathryn Wills, of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and Coventry University, discusses the role smart textiles have to play in remote healthcare in an article for the Guardian's Healthcare Professionals Network.
Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company and global leader in digital X-ray imaging technology, will showcase its Rad-icon™ high performance, high resolution X-ray detectors at the American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) Digital Imaging Conference in Warwick, Rhode Island from July 27-29th.
The image sensor market includes the implementation of image sensors in camera modules and in other imaging devices. Huge prevalence of the image sensor market in both developed and developing nations is due to its use in consumer electronics, automotive and transportation, security and surveillance, and advanced imaging techniques, which is also the key growth driver of the market.
Inovonics, an industry leader in high-performance wireless sensor networks for life safety applications, announces the release of its new EN1243 smoke/heat detector. The new smoke/heat detector is being added to Inovonics' Senior Living product portfolio.
XPRIZE and Wendy Schmidt last night announced the winners of the $2M Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE, a global competition to incentivize breakthroughs in pH sensor technology to accurately and affordably measure the acidification of our oceans, in a ceremony co-hosted by Foreign Affairs.